Tag: Cinema

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: As I understand, a majority of the most impressive movie characters are based on real life people. Some writers choose to play around with their characters and add in elements from other similar people, while some others prefer to keep even the mannerisms of the original character intact in the…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Having watched both, I don’t think they can even be compared. ‘Baahubali’ is just ‘The Lion King’ in a human version.[1][2]How would it look like if somebody were to compare ‘The Lion King’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’? Both are excellent movies in their own right, but it’d be unfair…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I have quite a list of celebrities that I don’t find attractive at all. And many of my friends think that I am either blind or that there’s something wrong inside my brain in the area that assesses beauty 😛 Oh well! Whatever… Topping the list is Sandra Bullock. A…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I strongly believe that the era of dual superstars is officially over. Back in the days, in every era, there would be two superstars who rule the scene as far as cinema was concerned… There was Prem Nazir and Sathyan in the 1950s and 1960s. The 1970s saw the rise…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Think of all the melody songs in Bollywood. Now think of the way they were picturised. What do you see? Scenic locales. Two people in love. Or somebody pining for a loved one. Dreams. And so on. Well, cinema was inspired by actual society back then. It was an exaggerated…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I guess it would come as no surprise if I were to nominate some of my most favorite movies ever in this answer. To set things straight, I’m a person who gives a LOT of importance to how something (and even someone, for that matter) is presented. I do appreciate…

South India is considered safer in comparison to North India which leads to assumption that people here respect females​. But their movies speak a complete different stories. What is the reality, is it a mask which still is hanging on faces, and reality is same everywhere in India. Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Hmm…this question…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: My vote goes for the gorgeous Anushka Shetty. Whether it is a minimal make-up look or if she goes all out to get a medieval Indian queen’s royal look, Anushka (or her make-up artists) get it right every single time. She is not exactly lean and svelte, and hence it…

Or Fantasy script created by Director Rajamouli Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: As per his own admission, the story of Baahubali is a work of fiction that took form in the mind of S.S. Rajamouli’s father K.V. Vijayendra Prasad. I had, however, come across the name of Mahishmati earlier. I have seen it mentioned in…

My answer to What is your favorite love scene in a movie? Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: No second thoughts for sharing three of my all-time favorites here… Hannah: Take off your shirt. Jacob: Why? Hannah: Please can you take off your shirt, ’cause I can’t stop thinking, and then you just… Jacob: Okay, okay,…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I have a few favorites… they’re mostly quotes that make me happy when I’m feeling low. Here are a few “In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Malayalam movie watchers are notorious for bringing in cinema dialogues into daily banter. This is probably because Malayalam cinema is all about reality and real-life situations. Unrealistic cinema is not welcome in Malayalam and one of the prerequisites for a movie to succeed at the box-office is the degree to…